What is the hand-written name and how do I prepare it?

Your hand-written name is an important part of your identity on Minted. It helps our customers identify with you as a person and an artist. The handwritten name appears on the Minted site and on the certificate of authenticity that accompanies art print orders.

Uploading a hand-written version of your full, real name (not your artist name) is required if you have products for sale on Minted.

You'll need two versions of your hand-written name, one white and one black. Both need to be on a 100% transparent background. Please do not use your legal signature, and do not use a logo or a typeface.

How to create and upload your hand-written name:

Write your full real name on a piece of paper in a black pen.

Scan your name. If you don't have a scanner, you can take a picture — just try to have even lighting.

Open your scanned file in Photoshop.

Go to: ‘Select’ > ‘Color Range…’

Eyedrop the darkest part of your signature.

Set the ‘Fuzziness’ bar to maximum (200).

Hit ‘OK’. This will make a selection of your signature.

Go to ‘Layer’ > ‘New’ > ‘Layer Via Copy’.

Hide the layer that contains your original scanned image by clicking the eye icon next to the layer or going to ‘Layer’ > ‘Hide Layers’

Select the entire canvas by hitting ‘command’ or ‘control-A’.

Make the signature white by going to ‘Edit’ --> ‘Fill’. Select ‘White’ under the ‘Use:’ menu, and (IMPORTANT!) check ‘Preserve Transparency’. Hit ‘OK’

Click the layer with your signature. Go to ‘Select’ > ‘Load Selection’, click ‘OK’ (You can also 'Control' (PC) or 'Command' (MAC) to click the layer in your layer palette)

Go to ‘Select’ > ‘Inverse’, then hit the ‘Delete’ button on your keyboard. This will eliminate any last traces of white from the background)